The district that contains Hongdae.
Northwest Seoul’s entertainment + university belt. Hongdae, Sangsu, Hapjeong, and Mangwon all sit in Mapo-gu. Mapo is also the namesake of mapo-galbi (one of Seoul’s great Korean-BBQ traditions, born along Mapo-daero in the 1970s) and the Han River’s World Cup Park.
Hongik Univ (Line 2 / AREX / Gyeongui) · Hapjeong (Line 2/6) · Mapo (Line 5).